Here's the scenario: you are helping a relative with network issues and need to access their router's browser interface. You can typically find the information by entering 'ipconfig' into the Windows command prompt, but if for some reason you can't retrieve the router's IP address using that method, we've compiled a brief list of popular router brands and their common default addresses. The list includes most router manufacturers with more than a dozen or so models.

AeroCool is back on eTeknix once again, recently they’ve impressed us with a great range of gaming chassis designs and I’m hoping for a repeat performance from them today. The new chassis, the first entry in their PGS-A series is the Aero-1000 a high-end chassis designed for a wide range of desktop systems; gaming, workstation, or just a nice box for your humble family rig.

As you can see from the specifications below, the Aero-1000 is pretty well equipped. It has room for an ATX motherboard, seven expansion slots, a good amount of storage bays, room for extra long graphics cards and even more space if you remove the top hard drive bays. There’s also three good quality 120mm pre-installed, one in the back and two more in the front.

The Asus MG279Q is a 27-inch AHVA In-Plane Switching 144Hz monitor that supports AMD FreeSync technology for stutter and tearing-free gaming. With a flicker-free WQHD (2560×1440) panel, a 4ms response time, 178 degree viewing angle, and a quoted specification that includes 350-nit brightness and 1000:1 contrast ratio, plus 100 per cent sRGB coverage, the MG279Q could have everything it takes to be a display that’s great for both gaming and non gaming use.

With their R9 380 STRIX 2GB, ASUS already has a custom version of their R9 380 graphics card in their portfolio. This particular card has been equipped with the manufacturers powerful Direct CU II cooler and it also features a factory overclock. With this combination the vendor wants to conquer the mid-range market for AMD based graphics cards. Are they going to succeed?

I have been working in server rooms for several years and it is amazing what the decibel levels are like in most of them. If you ever have to go into one and you value your hearing, then I would recommend you wear ear plugs. For that reason, the limits on how loud a server can be are changing and newer equipment tends to have fans that throttle down to a more reasonable noise level. Some of these quieter designs, though, have to come from the chassis, and regardless of whether you are someone who works with servers, or just wants a gaming PC, wouldn’t you want a quieter more pleasant environment? The Corsair Carbide 100R Silent Edition is a Mid-Tower chassis that is targeted at those of us looking for a simple, yet quiet design. The Carbide 100R is also priced modestly for those of you looking at bang for the buck. The front of the case is very simple, with only a few vents on the side, along with the typical USB, Headphone, Microphone, Power button, and reset button for the front panel. Corsair has designed the 100R to fit Mini-ITX, Micro ATX, and ATX motherboards, plus it has seven expansions slots available. The hard drive cage supports up to four 3.5” or 2.5” drives, and the front of the case has two spots for 5.25” drives. The Carbide 100R does include two stock fans, and there are additional mounting locations in the front for two 120/140mm fans, and two 120mm locations on the top of the case. It also has support for CPU coolers up to 150mm in length, along with support for GPUs up to 414mm in length, and PSUs up to 230mm.

We review the Corsair RM750i GOLD power supply. This silent RMi series PSU comes Gold certified, that means it's 90% efficient at 50% load. Efficiency matters. The PSU itself is fully modular, for most of you with a side panel window in their chassis a must really as you'll want modular cables. The new PSU also improved on the audibility front and through Corsair LINK software you can even configure the 12V rails in a single and multi rails. This 80 Plus Gold certified power supply has silent Zero-RPM fan operation, Corsair Link customization and monitoring. The product comes with solid capacitors, and fully modular cables. The PSU is cooled with a 140 mm fluid-dynamic-bearing fan that will only spin up when the PSU needs to and operating virtually silently at low and medium loads.Combined with Corsair LINK software you can now even customize the PSU fan speed or switch from a default multi-rail +12V power delivery to a single rail power delivery.

This silent RMi 750 comes Gold certified, that means it's 90% efficient at 50% load. Efficiency matters. The PSU itself is even 100% modular, for most of you with a side panel window in their chassis a must really as you'll want modular cables. The PSU also improved on the audibility front. Have a peek at the article. Efficiency matters; years ago PSUs were as low as 70% efficient, meaning that 30% of the used power simply vanishes, whilst you are paying for it on that electricity bill. If your components eat away 500W then with that 70% efficient product you'd actually use 650W. The PSU itself is 100% modular as well, for most of you with a side panel window in their chassis a must really as you'll want modular cables.

Over the past week or so, and into tomorrow, there is a real shift in the graphics market as new parts from AMD launch and existing products receive appropriate price updates. One such card is the GTX 970, a GPU which blitzes 1920×1080 performance and is ideal for 2560×1440 at a reasonable price (£280/$350). Today we test a high spec version in out EVGA GEFORCE GTX 970 Review (SSC Edition).

It’s tempting for senior officials at every company to regurgitate the ‘About Us’ section of their web site. Henry Kao is different. Prior to the cameras being switched on, Henry assured us that we could ask ‘Anything we want’. And so we did. Henry gave us his full, frank opinion on everything from oppressive surveillance becoming the norm with wearable technology, to AMD’s chances of success with its next gen products and processes.

Windows 10 offers a startup application manager that practically any Windows user can use. Its integrated into the operating system and simple to understand it even shows which programs are slowing down startup the most.

Crime against property is falling across the UK, but the police still recorded over half a million incidents last year. With our houses increasingly filled with high value items including easily stolen digital devices, protecting our homes from attack is a sensible precaution to take. With advanced IP-based systems now available at relatively low cost, anyone can set up their own surveillance system to protect their home or business premises.Simply attaching a few CCTV cameras to your home that record onto a PVR has up until recently been the only way to create your own surveillance system. Today, however, it is easy to set up a more advanced system that is more versatile and that can enable you to monitor your home from any location. Unshackling CCTV cameras from PVR recording, and moving them to cloud-based storage services frees your system to deliver a number of advantages including:Video footage on a PVR can be erased, destroyed or the machine itself stolen.

From the iPhone to a $20 Nokia, every smartphone is made in China. Motorola attempted to bring manufacturing back to the US with the launch of the original Moto X, but that ended up only lasting a year. The inescapable truth is that China keeps costs low, and in the quest for more profits, every little bit counts.A number of Chinese brands have tried making a splash in the US and UK from Lenovo to OnePlus. While it would be great to see Xiaomi finally offer its smartphones and tablets in the West, the saying If it ain't broke, don't fix it comes to mind. Huawei, on the other hand, has already broken out of its shell by launching an online store last June, and selling the Ascend Mate 2 to customers in the US.Now, Huawei (pronounced WAH-WAY) is back with the flagship P8, and what we'll be covering in this review, its sibling: the P8 Lite. The P8 Lite has a 5-inch, 720p IPS display, giving it a pixel density of 294 ppi. It's powered by a 1.5 GHz octa-core processor, and 2GB RAM.

The Intel 750 is the first NVMe SSD released into the consumer market. It offers users some pretty killer performance at a price point that is roughly twice that of top performing SATA SSDs. Back in April we were able to review the 1.2TB model. After seeing the results we were quite impressed, however, at over $1,000 the 1.2TB model does not completely fit the bill for most, unless you are an enthusiast or workstation user. This was quite evident when we kept hearing people ask about the 400GB model more often than the 1.2TB model, especially when compared to the SM951. For most gamers and storage nuts the 400GB model is far more within reach because of its lower price point and because of this we took it upon ourselves to attain the 400GB Intel 750 Series SSD for review. Now that it is in our hands, how does it compare?

Jawbone had big plans for its UP3 fitness tracker. When it was first announced, Jawbone was happy to boast that the UP3 would be the first 24/7 tracker you could use to not only track your steps throughout the day, but also track your laps while swimming.But it turns out that Jawbone's eagerness to create an all-encompassing tracking device were not to be. As production scaled up, the company couldn't actually deliver on its claims the device was waterproof.So, after a long, hard look at the product, the UP3 that's now hitting shelves around the world is not exactly the product we were promised last year.It is, however, a rather solid step up from its predecessor, the UP24. While that particular model has itself been replaced by the UP2, the UP3 brings with it the inclusion of a heart rate sensor, skin and ambient temperature sensors, and galvanic skin response measurements.The idea is that by including all the extra sensors, Jawbone is able to record even more data points, giving it more ways to inspire you to keep healthy.Interestingly though, many of those sensors aren't actually being translated into useful data yet.

The Keyboard Company has just started to bring in the Matias Tactile Pro and has lots of stock for potential enthusiast buyers. The newer v4 version is featuring re-engineered Matias Click switches compared to v3 and are meant to eliminate the ringing sound of the previous Fukka. Be warned that these are not designed to be silent and their sound is similar to a regular typewriter; however, the typing experience is unique and the product is recommended to people which write a lot of documents or get to work in accounting / do a lot of spreadsheet work. We would not recommend it for gaming purposes (the Quiet Pro is more suitable for that).

The Microsoft Lumia 735 is what all Lumia's should be. Last week I gave you my first impressions on the Lumia 735 available from Verizon. Since then I've been using the 735 exclusively, and I have to say, despite some usual Verizon anomalies, this smartphone is what all future Lumia's should emulate. It's a fantastic device for a number of reasons.

I reviewed the Lumia 640 recently. The 640 is a nice handset with a few glaring gotchas and not one I'd instantly recommend. However, the 735 gets my full seal of approval. If you're a Verizon customer, the 735 is the Windows smartphone you want.

Earlier this month, Microsoft offered more details and availability information for their forthcoming Surface Hub system. With pre-orders starting July 1st, these 55-inch or 84-inch machines offer a new collaborative version of the Surface experience, for businesses, scientists, education and perhaps power user consumers.

Last week, we got to spend some time downtown at Microsoft's Envisioning Center. Microsoft Technical Solutions Specialist, Mark Skoog showcased the company's Perceptive Pixel technology that they've been developing further since its acquisition back in 2012 and its related impact to science, humanity and business productivity. He took time to demo the new Microsoft Surface Hub as well...

MSI are well-known within the computer tech industry as a dedicated graphics partner to both AMD and NVIDIA. Their portfolio of expertise reaches into motherboards and has recently even featured peripherals too. Fundamental to the brands success in the graphics arena has been their renowned Twin Frozr cooling solution and inclusion of Military Class components.

Today we’ll be taking a look at MSI’s take on the new R9 390X, courtesy of the GAMING 8G. This graphics card takes advantage of Twin Frozr V cooling solution and benefits from a factory overclock. Against the 290X to which the 390X supersedes, we have an extra 4GB of GDDR5, an additional 1100MHz on the memory clock and an extra 100MHz for the core clock. This graphics card is designed for high-resolution gaming with the idea being that it will be ideally suited to pair up with a 4K monitor.

The Razer Mamba has become quite iconic for many PC gamers, one of the first, wireless and wired gaming mice which had a nice blue glow and a charging dock which would breath as it charged... Good times... Now in 2015, the Mamba is getting revamped and will be available as a wireless version, which also has adjustable click force, as well as the hardwired Tournament Edition. Each will feature Razer's customisable Chroma lighting.

Besides the lighting, visually, the shape of the Mamba has changed considerably with redesigned ergonomics, the side buttons are larger, and there are textured rubber pads on each side to improve grip. Also, Razer have exclusively placed one the most advanced laser sensors available. Providing 16,000 DPI which is adjustable in REAL increments of 1 DPI.

The first AMD Radeon R9 380 graphics cards with 2 GB and 4 GB are already published. But before we review the 3xx series graphics cards, we would like to evaluate again another inexpensive AMD Radeon R9 280 graphics card. To be more specific, we test the Sapphire R9 280 Dual-X OC 3 GB, compare it with the previously tested video cards and also overclock the Sapphire graphics card.

Whether you’re a PC enthusiast, gamer or a seasoned overclocker, at some point you would have come across the PSU brand Seasonic. You may have also read that previous versions of Corsair PSU’s have used Seasonic as their OEM, thus they have a good reputation in the PC component market as well as with other PSU manufacturers. Today, we will focus on one particular model of Seasonic’s flagship PSUs, the SS-1200XP3 1200W Platinum.

Eight 14nm Broadwell cores, a shared L3-cache, dual 10 gigabit MAC, a PCIe 3.0 root with 24 lanes and a lot more find a home in Intels most powerful server SoC ever, the Xeon D-1540. Thanks to Supermicros 5028D-TN4T superserver, we are able to compare the latest Xeon with the Atom C2000 SoC, low power Xeon E5s and the Xeon E3-1200 v3.

The days that Intel neglected the low end of the server market are over. The most affordable Xeon used to be the Xeon E3: a desktop CPU with a few server features enabled and with a lot of potential limitations unless you could afford the E5 Xeons. The gap, both in performance and price, between Xeon E3 and E5 is huge. For example - a Xeon E5 can address up to 768 GB and the Xeon E3 up to 32 GB. A Xeon E5 server could contain up to 36 cores, whereas Xeon E3 was limited to a paltry four. And the list is long: most RAS features, virtualization features were missing from the E3, along with a much smaller L3-cache. On those terms, the Xeon E3 simply did not feel very "pro".

Luckily, the customers in the ever expanding hyperscale market (Facebook, Amazon, Google, Rackspace and so on) need Xeons at a very large scale and have been demanding a better chip than the Xeon E3. Just a few months ago, the wait was over: Xeon D fills the gap between the Xeon E3 and the Xeon E5. Combining the most advanced 14 nm Broadwell cores, a dual 10 gigabit interface, a PCIe 3.0 root with 24 lanes, USB and SATA controllers in one integrated SoC, the Xeon D has excellent specs on paper for everyone who does not need the core count of the Xeon E5 servers, but who simply needs 'more' than the Xeon E3.